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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After war, Fairbank returned to Harvard to gather together a few ex-G.I.'s from the Pacific theater as students and make the small beginning in Asian regional studies. "Our motto was 'Quo Vadis,' Benjamin Schwartz, now professor of History and Government one of the ex-G.I.'s, says, "It was a risky venture. Before World War II the study of China was considered a risky enterprise. His (Fairbank's) hope at that time was that most of us would go into government." But instead they spread out to other universities, in fifteen years populating most...
...wealthy draft dodgers. Go's wife is a poker addict, and Saigon gossips delight in repeating the remark that she made after dropping $8,500 at the table: "I lost a dozen draftees." Moreover, Co presented a constant threat to Ky as a power around whom dissidents could gather...
...them are ex-Atomic Energy Commissioner John G. Palfrey and former legislative assistants to Hubert Humphrey and Senators Thomas Kuchel and Gaylord Nelson. The fellows get up to $15,000 a year, are free to pursue their own scholarly interests but get no academic credit. Twice a month, they gather at Harvard's Signet Society for politically oriented conversation over dinner with selected guests. Last week they grilled four of the nation's most alert China-watchers, including Edwin O. Reischauer, former Ambassador to Japan...
Asia. Already combatting Communist terrorism on its remote northeastern frontier, Thailand announced that it would soon become the sixth fighting ally of the U.S. in Viet Nam.* It has already begun to gather the 1,000-man combat battalion of Royal Thai army volunteers who will enter the Viet Nam fray sometime within the next six months. At the same time, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman admitted that Thailand has been "allowing U.S. troops to utilize our military installations and facilities...
Inspirational Message. In all, 53 families, most of them from Tennessee, Texas and Alabama, have now settled in Stamford. While saving up to build their own house of worship, members of the Stamford Church of Christ gather for Sunday services at a public school. They have also been working hard to spread their fundamentalist interpretation of the Gospel. They have placed ads in the local paper announcing their services. A "dial-a-devotion" telephone number (322-9559), sponsored by the church, provides callers with a daily inspirational message on tape. Congregation members have rung 4,000 local doorbells, distributing literature...